"ABNORMAL, adj. Not conforming to standard. In matters of thought and conduct, to be independent is to be abnormal, to be abnormal is to be detested. Wherefore the lexicographer adviseth a striving toward the straiter [sic] resemblance of the Average Man than he hath to himself. Whoso attaineth thereto shall have peace, the prospect of death and the hope of Hell."

-- Ambrose Bierce

#Independent Quotes #Men Quotes #Average Quotes

“A girl's got to do what she's got to do to make somebody pay her a compliment. If that means moaning 'til the cows come home, then so be it.”
“I just don't eat too much. That's never been my problem.”
“If the 'Principle of Relativity' in an extreme sense establishes itself, it seems as if even Time would become discontinuous and be supplied in atoms, as money is doled out in pence or centimes instead of continuously;-in which case our customary existence will turn out to be no more really continuous than the events on a kinematograph screen;-while that great agent of continuity, the Ether of Space, will be relegated to the museum of historical curiosities.”

Source : Sir Oliver Lodge (1914). “Continuity: The Presidential Address to the British Association for 1913”
“Stop trying to treat music like it's a tennis shoe, something to be branded. If the music industry wants to save money, they should take a look at some of their six-figure executive expense accounts. All those lawsuits can't be cheap, either.”

Source : "'Music Is Not A Loaf Of Bread'". WIRED Interview, www.wired.com. November 15, 2004.
“There are some men above grief and some men below it.”
“It's hard to encapsulate my inspiration because there are so many different looks, but I think it's just like, sexy girl you see walking down the street in a cool outfit. A lot of eyelet, a lot of leather, playing with the hard and the soft, the good and bad inside of us all.”
“All photographs are accurate. None of them is the truth.”

Source : "Richard Avedon and Photo Booth’s New Look" by Maria Lokke, www.newyorker.com. September 11, 2012.
“Why can't people just say they were moved? Why do they have to say it's sappy?”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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